Guns.com
Gives Moniker Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart and
#3 Position on YTD Leader Board

The $800,000 sale of Guns.com,
handled via Moniker.com,
easily claimed the #1 position on this week's Top 20 Sales Chart.
That is also the biggest .com sale reported so far this year.
The name of the buyer was not disclosed.

Normally, the year's biggest .com sale
would also rank #1 on the Year
To Date Sale Chart, but in a bit of an oddity, Guns.com
trails .org and .fr (French ccTLD) domains
on the YTD list. Poker.org still leads all comers after a $1
million sale at Sedo
last month and Credit.fr is #2 after changing hands for €587,500
($851,875), also at Sedo.

Still an 800K sale is certainly nothing to
sneeze at and this blockbuster was 8 times bigger than its closest
competitor this week - Guagua.com, a name that generated a $100,000
sale for Sedo. That's the 7th time this year Sedo has registered a sale
of six figures or (in the case of Poker.org) more.

By
Ron Jackson

Sedo had a hand in 11 of this week's 20
charted sales including one they completed for Mocus.com
that sent #3 Pepe.com to a new owner for €45,000 ($61,200).
That sale represented a great return on investment for Mocus
owner Francois Carrillo who had acquired the domain a little
over two months ago for $15,000 in a Bido.com
auction.

This was also another good week for the country
codes as they piled up six chart entries led by #5 Risultati.it
(Italian ccTLD) at €32,000 ($43,520). Three other country
code domains (a pair of German .de names and a Dutch .nl
domain) reached the top half of the Big Board. Sedo, who dominates
ccTLD aftermarket sales, accounted for all six of those charted
country code sales.

The non .com gTLDs had two
representatives on the elite list, both .net domains. #17 Refrigerator.net
attracted $17,000 at the AfternicDLS
and #19 Sys.net went for $12,500 at Sedo.

.Coms swept
the remaining 12 chart positions. Among venues, the AfternicDLS had a good outing with
four names on the leader board. SnapNames
and Moniker also had multiple entries with two each and Latonas.com
joined the hit parade with one. Here is how all of the sales leaders stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, March 7:

The
DN Journal Top 20Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. March 1, 2010 - Sun. March 7, 2010Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect March 9, 2010

Domain

Sold For

Where
Sold

1.

Guns.com

$800,000

Moniker

2.

Guagua.com

$100,000

Sedo

3.

Pepe.com

€45,000
= $61,200

Sedo/Mocus

4.

Gastronomie.com

€35,000
= $47,600

Sedo

5.

Risultati.it

€32,000
= $43,520

Sedo

6.

SalaryCalculator.com

$30,000

Moniker/DFG
2010

7.

EnergieAgentur.de

€21,500
= $29,240

Sedo

8.

ShoppingMalls.com

$26,770

SnapNames

9.

EscortService.de

€16,600
= $22,658

Sedo

10.

TransPower.nl

€15,500
= $21,080

Sedo

11.

DigitalFuture.com

$20,000

AfternicDLS

12.
tie

Motoras.com

$19,000

AfternicDLS

12.
tie

Smelly.com

$19,000

Latonas

14.
tie

Autoesporte.com

$17,000

AfternicDLS

14.
tie

LogoProducts.com

$17,000

SnapNames

16.

Telemar.com

€12,000
= $16,320

Sedo

17.

Refrigerator.net

$16,000

AfternicDLS

18.

JB.de

€9,500
= $12,920

Sedo

19.

Sys.net

$12,500

Sedo

20.

iOffer.co.uk

$11,500

Sedo

Keep in mind that these are the highest
value sales that have been reported to us in the
past week. This column is meant to be an educational tool,
not a complete list documenting ALL high
value domain sales. Such a list is impossible to produce
because many sales are kept private at the insistence of
buyers, sellers or both. Our procedure for verifying the
accuracy of domain sales reports is available here.

Forthe many newcomers entering the domain
industry we also want to point out that the reasons why a domain name sells for a certain price can be varied and are not always clear to those who are unfamiliar with the domain market.
If you do not understand why specific domain names command the
prices they do, you are likely to make unwise domain registrations or purchases.
We highly recommend that you do some basic research beforeyou buyanything! As a starting point we have
built a sister site specifically for you at NameNewbie.com.

There were eight more five-figure .com
sales just off the chart with a pair of Moniker's sales from their DOMAINfest
Global auction accounting for the highest of those; CarTitlles.com
and Picks.com at $11,000 each.

Sedo sold Stelle.it
($10,880), a pair of two-digit ccTLDs - 73.de and
87 .de - for $10,200 each and XTraders.com for
$10,000. The AfternicDLS sold WeddingDivas.com for
$10,000 and MobileApps.com changed hands for $10,000
in a private sale.

.Com Supporting Cast

SnapNames led the .com supporting cast of
four-figure sales with Energize.com at $9,250 and GoNewZealand.com
at $8,750. They also sold RainJacket.com ($4,201), Caffemobile.com
($3,488), Redtibe.com ($3,304) and RealEstateNewYork.com
($3,100).

Latonas.com landed $8,500 apiece for
CreditCardBilling.com and Parables.com. Their roster also
included Hoodwink.com ($2,400), LosAngelesPersonals.com
($2,300) and Sunburns.com ($2,002).

Sedo had 48 more .com sales ranging from
$2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional
Sedo .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000

jpsports.com

$5,000

allsleep.com

$2,600

qualcos.com

$5,000

phimosis.com

$2,550

stayfair.com

$5,000

ditosama.com

$2,500

tridien.com

$5,000

domainapps.com

$2,500

clientstream.com

$4,985

mailsuite.com

$2,500

zli.com

$4,500

mandaris.com

$2,500

poppunk.com

$4,100

pureaqua.com

$2,500

shareprice.com

$4,000

summitbrokers.com

$2,500

freisein.com

$3,854

yborcigars.com

$2,500

comparus.com

$3,400

vps247.com

$2,499

stylejobs.com

$3,400

finntours.com

$2,488

tachan.com

$3,400

theroute.com

$2,488

techi.com

$3,388

jobverse.com

$2,295

tracktec.com

$3,388

patentinsurance.com

$2,200

speedchat.com

$3,300

hiding.com

$2,055

neuhoff.com

$3,060

casinotrac.com

$2,000

allotments.com

$3,000

flatmatch.com

$2,000

newsfromhome.com

$3,000

gameslaboratory.com

$2,000

rockaoke.com

$3,000

inktree.com

$2,000

totophoto.com

$3,000

koshki.com

$2,000

whatsstoppingyou.com

$3,000

mobiledollars.com

$2,000

langzeitmieten.com

$2,913

ocsports.com

$2,000

fusee.com

$2,720

visionhunter.com

$2,000

g-tour.com

$2,720

wattclub.com

$2,000

The AfternicDLS (which includes Afternic.com
and BuyDomains.com) instituted a policy change regarding
reporting their domain sales this week. From this point forward they
are releasing a sampling of completed sales from their
marketplace but will no longer report all sales.

The list they
released includes CelebrityQuiz.com and SellCollege
Textbooks.com at $8,000 each. RoofCleaners.com
swept up $7,500 and IndependentVoters.com cast a $3,788
ballot. BusinessOrPleasure.com
provided $3,588, FreestyleProductions.com posted $2,988
and two others; Jimmyds.com and SalonInc.com went for $2,888
each.

Also at the AfternicDLS, TerminalOne.com took in $2,800 while MobileDistribution.com
and HomeResults.com returned $2,788 apiece. Two
others; ComputerSelectronics.com and VIPShopper.com
kicked in $2,088 each.

At GoDaddy
AuctionsIN7.com captured $8,000, Vroomit.com
revved up $7,500 and Weddingzilla.com clicked for $4,000.
EZHost.com connected with $2,111 and Phoo.com
found $2,017.

In completed sales from their DOMAINfest Global auction,
Moniker also sold MakeupRemover.com and Snack.com for $7,500
each and RacingSeats.com for $7,000. Also,
XmasToys.com and RedHair.com rang up $4,500 each
while TossUp.com tacked on $4,000. Suspicion.com
pulled $3,000, StampCollections.com licked $2,500
and DiscountBookstore.com leafed through $2,000.

Elsewhere, Nokta Domains sold
LingerieSets.com for $2,400 and BusinessNameGenerator.com
for $2,300.

Country Codes

The country codes enjoyed another big week
piling up nine five-figure sales, led by Risultati.it at $43,520,
which also ranks as the 8th biggest ccTLD sale reported so
far this year. We listed all of those five-figure
country code sales in the all extension section at the top of this
report and three of those sales may have looked familiar to
you. That is because those three changed hands for the second time
in as many months.

JB.de (#5 on our new Country Code Top 20
Chart) was quickly flipped for $12,920 this week after
being acquired for $5,250 last month. 73.de and 87.de
were also turned over for solid profits after being acquired
in February. 73.de, bought for $6,900, was resold for $10,200 and
87.de, purchased for $6,210, also sold for $10,200. All of
those purchases and sales were handled by Sedo who swept 18 of the
20 positions on our new ccTLD leader board.

The top country code sales you haven't seen yet are
#10 Call.at (Austrian ccTLD) at $9,180 and #11 Drucker-Toner.de
(German ccTLD) at $8,840.
Here is how the
country code leaders stacked
up for the week ending March 7:

Country
Code Top 20 Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. March 1, 2010 - Sun.
March 7, 2010Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect Tue. March 9, 2010

There were dozens of additional four
figure sales off the ccTLD chart. The AfternicDLS had the highest
of those with RailHolidays.co.uk at $6,500 but Sedo
had the vast majority of country code sales including Hausfinanzierung.de
($6,256), Luxury.co.za ($6,000) and Mamme.it ($5,900).

Sedo's roster also included GreenCar.de ($5,440),
Cyclette.it ($4,896) and Volksversicherung.de ($4,760).
Sedo had 78 more country code sales ranging
from $1,000 to $4,080 that are listed in the chart
below:

Additional
Sedo ccTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $4,080

extra.be

$4,080

geschaedigtenforum.de

$1,632

bookwithme.co.uk

$3,750

hunde-futter.de

$1,632

freienstein.de

$3,536

hytteforum.no

$1,632

staatsanleihen.de

$3,468

ildolcetto.it

$1,632

kabellos.de

$3,400

trachtenmode.eu

$1,632

rückenprobleme.ch

$3,400

webac.co.uk

$1,632

diabetes-shop.de

$3,210

topviaggi.it

$1,500

dinnerfortwo.de

$3,196

möbel-kempf.de

$1,496

goodies.de

$3,023

powernap.de

$1,496

easysports.de

$3,022

schichtdicke.de

$1,428

staffshop.co.uk

$3,000

xyros.de

$1,428

swx.de

$2,992

blue-ray.de

$1,360

xxl-print.de

$2,856

esense.de

$1,360

congress.co.uk

$2,850

gesundheit-aktiv.de

$1,360

schwibbogen.de

$2,833

inspe.de

$1,360

unternehmen-zukunft.de

$2,833

medinfo.ch

$1,360

autoexport.eu

$2,720

newyork-hotels.de

$1,360

badplatsen.se

$2,720

passaggi.it

$1,360

gaudin.fr

$2,720

religion.eu

$1,359

salvia.fr

$2,720

highrollercasino.co.uk

$1,292

vivabingo.es

$2,720

maldini.de

$1,292

tgm.co.uk

$2,475

mediamonitoring.de

$1,292

checkin.at

$2,448

virtusa.co.uk

$1,250

evict.co.uk

$2,400

friendfinder.it

$1,224

alkoholproblem.de

$2,380

infection.ch

$1,224

fotopuzzel.de

$2,244

übersetzer.eu

$1,224

zwi.de

$2,176

rugs.ws

$1,200

hooks.co.uk

$2,175

emobility.ch

$1,190

dach-spezialist.de

$2,115

dampfdusche.eu

$1,156

eurostores.eu

$2,040

zürich.eu

$1,156

leihfahrrad.de

$2,040

übersetzungen.eu

$1,125

viaggio.eu

$2,040

de-brief.de

$1,088

wep.ch

$2,040

sks.at

$1,088

edreams.au.com.au

$2,000

unidata.de

$1,054

stayalive.de

$1,975

alternate.pl

$1,040

decorating.co.za

$1,800

klangkoerper.de

$1,020

inews.co.uk

$1,800

metalldichtungen.de

$1,020

tabak-pfeife.de

$1,784

webagency.nl

$1,020

onshop.de

$1,700

jjc.eu

$1,000

Elsewhere Nokta Domains sold Caravan-Insurance .co.uk
for $2,800 while NameNecklaces.co.uk and RoofCoating.co.uk
went for $1,200 each. Also, Latonas.com sold 500.fr
for $2,600.

If there are country code extensions in our report
that you are not familiar with, you can look up the nation each
extension goes with here.

The non .com Global Contenders continue to
lag ccTLD performance with only two five-figure sales this week, the
pair of .nets that you saw on the all extension leader board
- Refrigerator.net ($16,500) and Sys.net ($12,500).

Rounding out the first five on our new Global
Contenders Top 20 Chart are Telmemor.net ($9,450), Portland.org
($8,500) and Mature.net ($7,000).

The .nets had the most chart entries with 10,
followed closely by .org's 8. The remaining two spots went to
.infos, including one that reached the top half of the elite
list, Analytics.info at $5,000 via Sedo, who led all
venues with 7 chart entries. AfternicDLS was right behind with
6.

Here's how all of the Global Contenders stacked up for the
week ending March 7:

There were several dozen additional GC sales just
off the chart. SnapNames had the highest of those with GraduateDegrees.org
and GraduatePrograms.org at $2,500 each. They also
sold ChristianHomeSchool.net for $1,888.

At Sedo, Relatos.org rang up $2,380
while AdultDatingSites.org and WVTV.org added $2,300
apiece. Sedo had 17 more non .com gTLD sales
ranging from $1,000 to $1,800 that you can review in the table below:

Additional
Sedo GC Sales Between $1,000 - $1,800

luminaires.org

$1,800

rideaux.net

$1,360

feel.net

$1,750

careeraptitudetest.net

$1,300

surgeon.pro

$1,750

englishtown.net

$1,275

surgery.pro

$1,750

950.net

$1,250

bookstores.org

$1,500

fgt.org

$1,100

thecombine.org

$1,500

autoverhuur.info

$1,088

enaplus.net

$1,496

thek.net

$1,046

videoporno.org

$1,400

amarket.net

$1,041

reinigung.org

$1,360

Elsewhere, Moniker sold IDCheck.net for $1,899
and Grilling.net for $1,000 and Nokta Domains sold
LeatherBriefcases.net for $1,400.

Now that you're up to date on what happened over the
past week, check out how the leaders stand year to date in all
categories by visiting our Year
To Date Charts page.

*****

As always, we welcome all verifiable sales reports from companies,
private sellers or individuals with knowledge of an important sale
made through any channel. To contribute information and help make
this column better, just drop a note to editor@dnjournal.com.

We truly appreciate the industry leading
companies who share their sales information
with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current
domain values. Richard
Meyer of Domain Sales Center also provides invaluable help
in collecting data for these sales
reports each week.

Every Tuesday night or Wednesday
morning we publish the highest reported domain name
sales for the previous week. On Mondays and Tuesdays our contributors send us
their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that
information and write this article to give
you the most comprehensive sales report in the industry.

Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain
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